California company to take over KSC shuttle facilities

3:03 PM,
May 20, 2013

At the Hypergolic Maintenance Facility at Kennedy Space Center in December 2009, United Space Alliance workers prepared to transport the Forward Reaction Control System, or FRCS, for space shuttle Discovery to Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3. Discovery was being prepared for the STS-131 mission, the 33rd flight to the International Space Station.

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James Dean
FLORIDA TODAY

A California company next month will take over Kennedy Space Center facilities once used to maintain space shuttle thrusters.

United Paradyne Corp. of Santa Maria, Calif., has signed a 15-year lease to operate the Hypergolic Maintenance Facility, or HMF, in KSC's Industrial Area. The company plans to employ 12 people in its first year at KSC with plans to employ up to 50 over the next four years, NASA said. United Paradyne Corporation is a privately held business specializing in hypergolic storage facility operations and satellite fueling services, NASA said. According to a NASA press ...